{"id":594,"date":"2020-02-04T13:13:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T13:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/englishturku\/?p=594"},"modified":"2020-02-04T13:13:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T13:13:12","slug":"translating-multilingual-texts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/englishturku\/2020\/02\/04\/translating-multilingual-texts\/","title":{"rendered":"Translating multilingual texts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Another PhD defence in just under two months! A number of doctoral candidates of the English Department are now finishing their research projects. On 24 January, it was Laura Ekberg\u2019s big day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura\u2019s research topic combines translation studies and literature and focuses on a phenomenon also studied in linguistics. As it happens, code-switching<\/em> was at the heart of the previous viva<\/a> as well. The title of her dissertation is Heterolingualism and Cultural integrity in Finnish Translations of Anglophone Caribbean Novels<\/em>; it is available online<\/a>. The members of Laura\u2019s team of\u00a0supervisors were Outi Paloposki, Elina Valovirta and Joel Kuortti \u2013 who acted as custos \u2013 and the opponent was Professor Simona Bertacco from the University of Louisville. The viva started with the important question of which field of research the dissertation belongs to (answer: translation studies). Overall, we witnessed a remarkably friendly discussion by two experts, which really is the best kind of viva. The opponent found the material examined in the dissertation sufficient and representative and was very happy with what Laura had discovered and the poise with which she brought in multiple perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Professor Simona Bertacco giving her assessment of Laura’s dissertation.
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I attended the viva as Laura\u2019s colleague, a former teacher of hers, and a linguist with a keen interest in different approaches to code-switching and, more broadly, multilingual practices. Colleagues attending doctoral defences are always excited for the candidate, hoping their support radiates from the audience to the front of the room. Having known Laura since she was a BA student, I was happy about the confidence with which she brought together language, literature and translation \u2013 the three main topics of the Department \u2013 and about the fact that the varied training showed in the research. As a code-switching researcher myself, I was particularly interested in the recent campaign for not italicising code-switches in Caribbean literature, which goes against the common practice of separating the \u2018other\u2019 language from the main language of the text by using italics. Not italicising suggests that multilingual language use is not an aberration but something ordinary; there is no need to draw the readers\u2019 attention to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Custos and Doctor in spe <\/em>listening to the Opponent’s addresss.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Laura said in the viva that she became interested in Caribbean literature in the MA thesis seminar. The things that catch your eye as a student may take you a long way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A relieved smile at the karonkka<\/em>-party.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Text by Janne Skaffari <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos by Damon Tringham<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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